This is an analysis of the poem Reflecting Ideals that begins with:
Doctrines?
What good are they......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcXaaddXcbXaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10 1011 011110 111001 111010 10101001 10000110010 111101001101 0101001001 01001000101111 1110110011 01010010101 00101 1110110 1110101 1111001011010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 550
- Average number of words per stanza: 94
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Reflecting Ideals;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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